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Croatia's seafood is amongst the best in Europe, as this is one of the cleanest corners of Mediterranean. Fish and shellfish dominate the menus of the Sutivan's smallest and simplest restaurants, cooked simply in olive oil and fresh herbs.
In many of the Sutivan's restaurants and famous Dalmatian's "konobas", you can enjoy in traditionally prepared dishes, made with natural home-grown ingredients (prosciutto, Brač chesse, fish, famous lamb, olives) and served in a pleasant native surroundings.

Dalmatian specialities are :

Pršut - smoked ham
Brodetto - fish stew with polenta
Pašticada - beef goulash and gnocchi
Škampi na buzaru – shrimps cooked in their own juice
Salata na hobotnicu – octopus and spring onion salad
Riba na gradele – freshly grilled fish
Crni rižot – black rissoto cooked in cuttlefish ink
Don't miss to try "Peka" – traditional method of cooking meat or octopus beneath a metal dome buried in glowing embers.
" Rožata" is similar to creme caramel and it's also popular.

Vegetarian options are available in all restaurants in Sutivan and pizzerias.

If you are in apartment and looking for preparing some food, in the harbour of Sutivan is small fish market and it's possible to find fresh fish every early morning or latest afternoon.
For vegetables and fruits, check the market near the post office.

Wine, grappa, olive oil..


Good purchases include Brač olive oil, home-made grappa and incredible variety of Croatian wines.

On the Brač you can taste a very popular Plavac wine, specially from Baković vineyards. A very good desert wine produced along the islands coastline is Prošek.

The most popular spirit on Brač is Rakija Lozovača which is a produced from wine grapes.

There is also a lot of others very aromatic grappas like Orahovica (with nut), Ruža (with rose) or Travarica (with a few herbs from island Brač).

If you want to take some quallity souvenires from Brač, check out the farmer's markets or ask
someone from Sutivan where you can find a home-made grappa or original and virgin olive oil.


There are a number of family-run wine and oil cellars (look for signs saying "Prodajem domaće vino, rakiju i ulje")
Just step in old small stone streets in Sutivan and sit with different generations of local families and taste some of their products.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
HISTORY OF ISLAND BRAC


The island of Brač, whose protector is St. George, has a very rich history. The evidence of life existence dates back even to the stone-ages (3000 B. C.). In the 4th century B.C. the island was settled by the Illyrian tribe Delmata after whom was Dalmatia named.

Greek colonization was not present like on the other islands, but in the Roman time were formed many Roman settlements (villa rustica), thanks to the exploitation of the well known stone. From this white stone was built the Diocletian’s palace in the town of Split.

In the 7th century came Croats and, after their Christianization, life on the island became more dynamic. Venice had big influence on the island because it ruled almost 4 centuries. The danger of the Turks on the mainland was the reason that Brač had more and more immigrants. In the time of French ruling, thanks to the numerous reforms, life on the island became better for its habitants, and then in the time of Austrian Habsburg monarchy in the 19th century important settlements on the island were connected by roads.
In that time Brač became known for its quality wine which was exported around Europe.

In the biggining of the 20th century vineyards were slowly distroyed by the disease and this was the reason for a massive emigration to oversea countries, especially to Chile. In the 1st and in the 2nd World War the life on the island was very difficult. After liberation from the fascism island Brač became part of the socialistic Yugoslavia. From 1991. island Brač is part of the independent Republic of Croatia.